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Detroit Is Cultivating Local Entrepreneurship to Secure Its Future
The Motor City isn't waiting for a savior to move to town. It's banking on the energy of the people who call it home.
Yes, You Can Be Creative in Franchising
A Detroit couple decided to take a different approach when they opened their art-instruction franchise. Last year, they were the chain's highest-grossing franchisees.
13 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Detroit
'Don't forget the Motor City' when you're looking for a role model for your startup.
Bill Ford Jr. Looks at the Future of Mobility and Sees It Being Built in Detroit
The hereditary leader of Ford Motor Co. sees cars dominating the suburbs for a long time but crowded cities will drive innovation in how we get around.
Detroit Is Beckoning to Tech Entrepreneurs
The Motor City offers a trained workforce and, soon, gigabit speed Internet along with very affordable real estate.
What Every Business Builder Can Learn From Detroit About the Power of Relationships
Relationship capital is helping save the nation's most troubled city. Imagine it's importance for businesses leaders facing less onerous challenges.
56-Year-Old Detroit Man Walks 21 Miles To and From Work and Never Misses a Day
Think your commute is bad? Think again.
Incubators Aren't Only for Tech Startups
Today's incubators are diverse and community-based. Here's a look at the breadth of options available in fashion, food and other physical-product sectors.
Entrepreneurs Are Making Detroit a Hot Spot for Craft Retail
The upside of the Motor City's epic struggle with abandonment is a vast supply of materials for high-end goods made by ambitious startups.
Could Startups Ignite a Rust Belt Revival? 3 Tips for Struggling Cities.
Revitalization efforts get under way in former urban centers of industrial might. Will more follow?
The Business of Urban Farming Takes Root in Detroit
Farmers, the original entrepreneurs, are finding a profitable niche in the vast amount of abandoned land in the Motor City.
Judge Confirms Detroit Plan to Exit Historic Bankruptcy
The ruling comes more than two months after the start of a hearing to determine whether the plan was fair to creditors and feasible for the city to implement.
Why Entrepreneurs Find the Opportunity to Reinvent Detroit So Compelling
The city has enormous woes but also substantial resources. Building a business here serves the greater good more than perhaps anywhere else in America.
Motor-Less City? Bankrupt Detroit's Booming Bike Industry.
The Motor City is becoming an unlikely hub for high-end bike manufacturing.
As 'Government Motors' Era Ends, a Female CEO Takes the Wheel
Mary Barra, a longtime General Motors employee, deserves some of the credit for turning around GM. Now, she's taking the top job at the company and making history as the only female CEO in the auto industry worldwide.